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1. Citizens, Investors and Legislative Circus Poodles
2. Blown Away by Former Detroit Mayor James Cavanagh's Ghost
3. News Release: MichiganVotes.org Offers 2009 "Missed Votes Report"
4. Why State "Economic Central Planning" Fails
5. A Lost Decade for School Budgets?
6. Happy Birthday Dr. McCracken
7. Allow Full High School Access to Two-Year Colleges
8. Taking the Initiative on Health Care
9. Focus on the Day Care
10. Happy Birthday, William Gladstone
11. Court to hear e-mail case
12. Profile of a Tea Partier
13. The Court of Public Opinion
14. Tenure reform or not?
15. Students spread cheer
16. Your Favorites: 2009
17. Hard Science Being Traded for Political Science
18. Balancing Their Problems on Our Backs
19. ‘Talent search’ in Alpena
20. Tough Questions to Ask Your School District
21. Busting Your Michigan Industry Myths
22. Alabama Betrayal: Congressman Provides Tea Party Lessons
23. That Same Old Story
24. The Mitten State Waves Goodbye
25. The Health Care Bill Is Full of Stocking Stuffers
26. 2011 funding gap $1.8 billion
27. American Greetings Says Goodbye to Michigan
28. Main Forecast: Hoping for a 'Broken Clock' Moment
29. Enviros vs. Union Jobs: House Dems Choose Enviros
30. Passing the Torch
31. 'Race to the Top' Realities
32. Dropout law will challenge districts
33. Port Huron: Emergency or not?
34. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 22, 2009
35. Public School Funding, Consolidation Discussed
36. Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Case Proceeding
37. IMPACT Winter 2009
38. Education reform passes
39. The Great Charter School Debate
40. ‘Pay-to-plug’ in Birmingham
41. ‘Race’ language will include more charters
42. Michigan Still Has Highest Unemployment, But …
43. Bad Hangovers, Bad Memories, Bad Taxes
44. High-Flying Home-Schoolers
45. Are Schools Underfunded?
46. Welcome, MDFER!
47. Trustee says threats led him to resign
48. Spending Tobacco Revenue Like There’s No Tomorrow
49. Tea and Tourism Subsidies
50. Safer at Home?
51. Rebutting Gaffney on PA 312 and Binding Arbitration
52. Playing Favorites
53. Film Subsidies — Smokin'!
54. More Money After Bad
55. News Release: Michigan Department of State Police Misses Two FOIA Deadlines, Including One Related to $6.9 Million Fee for Earlier Request
56. Federal school funding intact
57. Bring Parental Choice to Detroit Public Schools
58. Stop the Madness!
59. My Heart Is in the Highlands
60. FOIA Fail
61. Michigan Capitol Confidential Correction
62. Pellston: Not so fast on Race
63. Stabilizing Blight?
64. GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!
65. Green School Bill Another Black Mark for Legislators
66. Why State Economic Development Programs Fail to Fix Michigan
67. Political Careerism Spawns New Corporate Favoritism Opportunity
68. Howell Education Association v. Howell Board of Education
69. Hundreds volunteer to teach DPS students
70. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 15, 2009
71. Norman Borlaug: An American Hero
72. Expenses Consume Prop A Funding Increases
73. Legislative Proposals Revealing of Michigan's Plight
74. Is Another Credit Card the Solution to Detroit’s Spending Problem?
75. ‘Restraint’ law abused, group says
76. Global Warming "Consensus" Crumbling, Michigan Senate Passes More Indoctrination
77. School cut delayed
78. Soft Corruption in Carbon Trade Turns Hard
79. What It Doesn’t Take To Grow Michigan
80. Story on Film Subsidies Ignores the Full Picture
81. Charter School Expansion: House-Style
82. Utica split on furloughs
83. School District Consolidation Talk in Lansing
84. Districts share budget ideas
85. Who Wants to Know?
86. A Capital Idea
87. Politicians Begin to Choke on Ethanol Myths
88. Littmann: Michigan Can Recover
89. Districts adjust programs, staff
90. Higher Education “Underinvestment” Provides a Return
91. Political Careerism the Root of Growing "Economic Development" Empire
92. EPA, Not CO2, Is the Danger
93. Lighten Up
94. Salters: We don't oppose reform
95. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 8, 2009
96. Healthcare Rationing
97. David Littmann Discusses Michigan's Unemployment
98. Ethanol and HSAs Explained
99. The Michigan Climate Coincidence: Channeling Goldfinger
100. Um, What's the Opposite of "More"?
101. How Michigan Could Save $3.5 Billion a Year
102. Two More Ideas for Fixing Michigan
103. Government Lobbying on the Rise
104. MEDC Subsidies Questioned
105. Bloomfield Hills Sings the Blues
106. Environmental Policy Initiative
107. ‘Vote no,’ some Detroit teachers urge
108. The Source of the School Budget Quagmire
109. Dear Tax Raisers: Please Tell Us Where to Cut
110. A Christmas Wish List for Michigan Policymakers
111. Michigan School Privatization Survey 2009
112. Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative
113. Bill would alter teacher tenure
114. Smith Tax Hike Solves Non-Existent Problem
115. Schools: More funding or less spending?
116. Interview With Sanford Ikeda
117. Relationship Problems
118. Michigan Has Best Job Growth Since 90s, But…
119. Health Insurance Bill
120. Ousted trustee returns by appointment
121. Michigan Privatization Report
122. Is That Your Final Answer?
123. Living Here in Allentown
124. Asian Carp
125. House Bill 5319 Attacks Private Property Rights
126. MEA reports $124M pension debt
127. A Growing Disaster
128. Unions Nix Job-Saving Plan
129. How Bad Is the Housing Market in Michigan?
130. Property Takings by a Court Are Still Property Takings
131. The MEA's LM-2 Report for 2008-2009
132. Tidbits From the MEA's Recent Financial Report
133. School reform clears Senate panel
134. Bus Pass
135. Race to the Top now top priority
136. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST December 1, 2009
137. 2009 MEA Union Revenue: $83.01 Per Student
138. Young Guns Join the Drive
139. SEIU/MASC: Curiouser and Curiouser
140. Ethanol Subsidies Create Problems
141. Student loss not always job-related
142. Crocodile Tears Over Deer-Hunting Legislators
143. My Pre-Existing Condition
144. Teacher accused of pawning laptop
145. Charter expands to elementary
146. Teachers want to help save jobs
147. UM Economists' Cloudy Crystal Balls
148. 'Climategate' Raises Questions About Money in Science
149. Program combines engineering, service
150. News Release: Huron Valley Schools Posts Check Register
151. What's Hiding Under the MASC?
152. The Overton Window Opens to Another Audience
153. Capitalism Is Consumer Protection
154. Graduated Income Taxes Hurt State Growth
155. Center Scholars Cited on Economy, Environment, Education and More
156. Day Care in Wonderland
157. Jackson eyes insurance changes
158. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 24, 2009
159. K-zoo Taxpayers May Ante Up for New Sports Arena
160. Glenn Beck Highlights Mackinac Center’s “Overton Window”
161. Center Cited in Detroit, Grand Rapids
162. More Day Care Providers Speak Out
163. MEA, AFT both want new CMU members
164. Sherry and Dawn's Story
165. Unions unhappy about ‘Cadillac’ tax
166. "Light Pollution" = Law Pollution
167. Hillsdale offers severance
168. MEGA Madness and Big Labor Contradictions
169. Division apparent on health care pool
170. The Top Ten Things People Believe About Canadian Health Care, But Shouldn’t
171. MEDC-SEIU Arrangement Still Raising Questions
172. News Release: Almost Half of Michigan's Largest School Districts Embrace Spending Transparency
173. Jackson eyes insurance changes
174. A MEGA Delusion
175. New Tax on Garbage Should Be Trashed
176. Auto Industry a “Bit Player” in State Fiscal Woes
177. Alabama Blows Away School Funding "Crisis" Smoke
178. Center Scholars Discuss Dollar, State Spending
179. What The...?
180. Film Subsidy Is Political, not Economic
181. State Legislators Need All the Facts on Film Subsidies
182. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 17, 2009
183. News Release: House Testimony Claiming Mackinac Center Support for Michigan Film Subsidy 'False,' Says Senior Economist
184. Educators review budget options
185. Politically Powerful Special Interest Gets Special State Tax Break
186. The Luckiest ZIP Code in Michigan
187. 'Pirate Radio' Capsizes From Lack of Weight
188. From South Detroit to Shockandawe
189. Stimulating! Ten New Congressional Districts in Michigan!
190. LaFaive 'Has Plenty of Ideas,' According to NRO
191. Charters gain market share
192. Will Michigan Sit Out This Race?
193. The First Raindrops Fall
194. Bad Policy Doesn't Taste Better With Tea
195. Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling
196. Dear Tax Raisers: Please Tell Us Where to Cut
197. Introducing the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation
198. More Flint students in charters
199. Nothing 'Liberal' About Defending Government-Class Privileges
200. 'Live Free or Die' State Chooses 'Die'
201. Flanagan: Solve your differences
202. Inspiration or Desperation?
203. Data Mining
204. Are Detroit City Retirees Being Taken Advantage Of?
205. Some Perspective on '20j' School District Funding Cuts
206. 'Little Pink House' Sacrificed for Nothing
207. John Dingell: The True Face of Health Care Reform
208. Our Educational Investment
209. Public Sector Unions — The New Tammany Hall
210. MEGA Tax Credits Are Not Without Cost
211. ReImagine winners named
212. State Ignores $600 Million for Schools
213. Michigan: “A+” for Corporate Welfare, “F” for Economic Growth (Revised Version)
214. Breaking the Doctors
215. A Real Canadian Speaks Out
216. Power Plays
217. Canadian Medical Tourism
218. Canadian Doctor Lotteries
219. Canada Wait List
220. Oh Canada?!
221. Epic FOIA Bill Provides Amusement
222. Michigan’s Juiced Revenue System
223. Pew Center Is Wrong on Michigan, Right About Trend
224. Demanding More Transparency in Government
225. MEDC Untruths Reveal Political Nature of 'Jobs' Department
226. Panel would review school boundaries
227. Weak States, Strong Government Unions
228. No Thanks, I'm Full
229. Removal of Boardman Dams Has Negative Environmental and Energy Impacts
230. A Fatheaded Policy
231. Kalamazoo's Taxpayer Arena
232. School Funding Myths
233. Dancing With the Government
234. Stimulus money: Now or later?
235. Senior Skip Day
236. What Price Information? Try $7 million
237. Center Ideas Featured in Detroit News
238. MichiganScience No. 11
239. Universities pay for Promise
240. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 10, 2009
241. Ballot Proposal Is About Mining, not Water
242. Cuts to the Classroom
243. Michigan: “A+” for Corporate Welfare, “F” for Economic Growth
244. What a Web Tax Collectors Weave
245. The Tragedy of a Bad Feng Shui
246. Mackinac Center Cited in Wall Street Journal
247. IMPACT Fall 2009
248. Health Savings Accounts Can Save Michigan Money
249. U Prep to pay for college
250. Public Trust Should Not Be Trusted
251. What a Teacher Pay Freeze Really Means
252. A Museum You Don’t Want to Miss (20th Anniversary)
253. Teacher elected to school board
254. Voters turn down new school tax
255. Where's the Love for Our Fiscally Conservative Governor?
256. Bad Medicine
257. Russ Harding on WMKT
258. Social Welfare Payments Do Not Make a Strong Economy
259. Judge: Flint can leave MESSA
260. Reed Cited on Free Speech and Elections
261. House committee: Spend stimulus now
262. Capitalism: A Muddled Hatchet Job
263. Detroit Votes for Change
264. Russ Harding on WTCM
265. Getting Money, Saving Money
266. Grand Ledge eyes spending cuts
267. Is Green the New Color of Fraud?
268. Two recalls in Romeo
269. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST November 3, 2009
270. Lawrence W. Reed Inducted Into JA Hall of Fame
271. New Client for Mackinac Center Legal Foundation
272. Water Initiative All About Banning Mining
273. Columnist Cites Michael Van Beek on School Consolidation
274. Michigan Messenger: Kersey Correct
275. Candy giveaway part of larger plan
276. Cast Your Vote for Limited Government
277. Anti-millage signs removed, replaced
278. More students in meals programs
279. Recall Reversal of Fortune
280. Not As Good As You Think
281. Superintendent: State should cap health costs
282. Art Needs No State Subsidies
283. The Horror of It All
284. Successful Film Incentive Would Drain Entire Treasury
285. Some Politicians Want It Both Ways on Environment
286. Taxpayer Debt to Pay Government Retiree Health Benefits
287. Michael LaFaive Rebuttal in Detroit News
288. Lawsuit to End DHS Practice of Diverting Funds From Child Care Subsidies Should Move Forward on Merits, Argues Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Director
289. Bobb staying on at DPS
290. MEGA Stories
291. The (False) Hope of School District Consolidation
292. Local Right-to-Work
293. Coverage of Michael Tanner Speech at Northwood
294. German Study Shows Green Energy Comes at a High Cost
295. "Slashing" Economic Development Staff? Please Sir, Can We Have Some More?
296. A Real Canadian Health Care Experience
297. Preschool: Some more worried than others
298. News Release: Nationally Known Speaker and Author on Health Care to Discuss 'Obamacare'
299. Jobs Braggadocio
300. Leaving Some Key Facts Behind
301. Reed Receives JA Honor
302. Mackinac Center Forum on Health Care Coverage
303. Latest Charter School Expansion Bid: Pay Ransom
304. Michigan Government Grows Despite State Budget Woes
305. NCLB case dismissed
306. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 27, 2009
307. News Release: Nationally Known Speaker and Author on Health Care to Discuss 'Obamacare'
308. Food Stamps and Dyseconomics
309. How Big Is Michigan's Government, Really?
310. Center Media Highlights
311. Illness affects MEAP schedule
312. Ten Things to Look for in Health Care Reform
313. Doctor Shortages Coming to a Country Near You
314. Career courses now offer academic credit
315. Want to Grow the Film Industry? Grow the Economy
316. “Dis-Unity” Studios?
317. Shanghai Surprise: The Unionization of Home Day Care Providers
318. Center Cited on Prevailing Wage
319. Coincident Indicator?
320. Urgent Care
321. Granholm announces more school cuts
322. Changes to Michigan Wetland Law Same Old Song
323. Latest MEGA Expansion Won’t Improve Michigan
324. The State Budget: Why the Wait?
325. Is it The Wall Street Journal or The Onion?
326. Mackinac Center in the News
327. Governor pitches need for taxes
328. Union Interferes in the Provision of Health Care
329. The Public Gets It on Climate Change. Why Don't Politicians?
330. This Should Get Their Attention
331. Timid Government "Efficiency" Commission Report: The Good, Bad & Ugly
332. Michigan Tops Unemployment For 43rd Month in a Row
333. Mackinac Center in the Media
334. Guns on campus up for debate
335. Media Advisory: Mackinac Center Hosting Forum on Canadian Health Care, Impact of "Universal Care"
336. Eureka! Michigan Budget Problems Solved!
337. Center's Legal Foundation Cited
338. Governor nixes '20j' payments
339. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 20, 2009
340. News Release: Four Mid-Michigan Public School Districts Open Books
341. The Corporatism of Nike and Apple
342. Check One Off "How to Save $2.2 Billion" List — Governor Vetoes "20j" Money
343. Foul Ball
344. Center Cited on Jobs (or Lack Thereof)
345. Teacher, district settle for $106,000
346. Fix Public Employee Law to Avoid City Bankruptcies
347. Union nixes public bargaining
348. Enviro-Indoctrination
349. Waldorf School helps with tuition
350. Mississippi Not Burning
351. Summer of Discontent: Stimulus Money Leads to Payday Mayhem
352. Michigan Is #7 in Income Growth, But...
353. Center MEDC Study in National Spotlight
354. A Better Choice: Patient-Centered Reform
355. Superintendent: Teacher behavior ‘deplorable’
356. Turning Michigan Around
357. Labor Issues Highlight Center Media Coverage
358. Teacher pay an election issue
359. Pushing on a String
360. Energy or Dirt?
361. Mackinac Videos: What Canadians Want You To Know About Their Health Care System
362. Shared services may be in schools’ future
363. Mackinac Videos: New Episodes! Canadians Hurt by Their Health Care System Speak Out
364. Home Sweet Dome
365. How to Fix Michigan? Cut Cost of Living, Working and Investing Here
366. Legislature Adopts Center's Quest for Transparency
367. Governor Inflates Stimulus Jobs by 84 Percent
368. Roadmap to Nowhere
369. Most jobs 'saved' were in education
370. Online high school growing
371. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 13, 2009
372. MCLF Defends Home-Based Day Care Workers
373. Assumptions and Realities
374. Terror on the Boardman River
375. Mackinac Center in the News
376. Colleges say evaluation is unfair
377. News Release: DHS Declines to Defend Merits in Mackinac Center Lawsuit
378. Business Owner Says Value of State Incentives Is Wrong: State Appears Right
379. State Pols Fear Warming While Crops Freeze
380. "Government Is Not Reason, It Is Force"
381. Free-for-All
382. MEGA Database Updated
383. Teaching Requires Testing
384. Come Fly With Me: Will Detroit City Airport Get Dose of Fiscal Sanity?
385. Bing's Gambit
386. Gov. Granholm, Tear Down the Anti-Coal Order
387. Michigan K-12: Below Average Income, Above Average Costs?
388. Moviemakers Risk Biting the Hand That Feeds Them
389. Center Cited on Teacher Pay
390. Gov. Granholm Takes Washington Post for Ride on “Jobs” Numbers
391. Combining Ag With DNR and DEQ Bad News for Farmers
392. Mackinac Center in the News
393. Massachusetts Coverage Update
394. Government Money, Government Menu
395. How Does $10 a Month for Insurance Sound?
396. Congress Gets “Best Health Care on the Planet”— Free
397. Governor’s Michigan-Mississippi Comparison is Problematic
398. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST October 6, 2009
399. The MEA Money Tree
400. Is MSU Hyping Project Labor Agreements?
401. 10,000 Teacher Layoffs? Let's Try Zero Instead.
402. Fiscal Storm Clouds Gathering: State Has Solved Little
403. Dillon Insurance Plan Could Generate Monumental Reform
404. Michigan Economic Dysfunction Corporation
405. Political Anatomy 101 (Viewpoint)
406. Motown Magic: Happy 50th
407. Center Cited on Teacher Pay
408. Center Op-Ed on Nanny State
409. Teacher furloughs have parents scrambling
410. Michigan gets $945,000 reading grant
411. The Price We Pay
412. EPA Action Is a Tax on Michigan Power Plants and Customers
413. When Is a Tax Not a Tax?
414. Bond issue in Hartland
415. State to schools: Think outside the classroom
416. Teacher Salaries Need a Closer Look for Michigan to Balance the Budget
417. Michigan Tax Burden Increases, Census Bureau Shows
418. Michael Moore’s Union Dilemma
419. "No New Taxes" Budget Mugged by Unions
420. Center Cited on State Budget
421. Celebrities Need a Voice
422. Market-Based Reforms Could Expand Insurance Coverage in NY
423. ObamaCare Is Tyranny
424. News Release: Mackinac Center Releases Critique of Recent Paper ‘The Retrenchment of the State Employee Workforce in Michigan’
425. A Commentary on “The Retrenchment of the State Employee Workforce in Michigan”
426. Howell teachers want raise
427. Union's Torpedoes Target "No New Taxes" Budget
428. Fiscal Storm Clouds Grow Darker, More Ominous
429. House GOP K-12 Defectors Identified?
430. Budgets: Where's the (Sliced) Beef?
431. Punishing the Good Neighbor
432. Big Labor Says: "NO CUTS!"
433. How Will They Solve the Budget Dilemma?
434. Michael Moore and the Michigan Film Incentive: Is There a Happy Ending?
435. Pupil Count Day
436. AFT picks Detroit over Las Vegas
437. You Say You Want a Revolution...
438. Lansing Talks Tax Hikes as Michigan Poverty Increases
439. The Bills of September
440. Faux Savings
441. Babysitter's Saga Illustrates Licensure Madness
442. "What is the Reason for the Existence of House Republicans?"
443. 2007 Redux
444. The Bills of September - Bills
445. Teacher retirees would get $40,000
446. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 29, 2009
447. What ‘Human Action’ Has Meant to Me: Reflections of a Young Economist
448. Medical Professionals Make Bad Climate Prescription
449. Center Op-Eds in Detroit-area Newspapers
450. Mixed results on academic help program
451. The Bone of Contention
452. Michael LaFaive Cited on Tax Hikes
453. Real estate scandal alleged in DPS
454. Quincy signs contract
455. A Rebuttal to the MEDC's Wall Street Journal Letter Part III
456. Ecorse Officials' Arraignment Highlights Need for Transparency
457. Michigan Parents Choose Choice
458. The Coming $50 Billion Budget Battle
459. Wetlands: Democrats Get it Right for the Wrong Reasons
460. Detroit News Highlighting Center's Transformational Reform Ideas
461. USA Today Cites Center MEDC Research
462. "Tenther" Smear Has a Problem: The Posturing Is Bipartisan
463. One Set of Rules for Us — and Another for the Political Class
464. Kansas Agencies Stops Helping Pro-ObamaCare Union
465. Charter, reform advocates rally
466. Political Anatomy 101
467. Billions Served
468. Tourism Subsidy Beneficiaries Chant on Capitol Steps: "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
469. DPS Building Scandal Highlights Need For Transparency
470. A Rebuttal to the MEDC's Wall Street Journal Letter Part II
471. Union Political Power, Not Institutional Shortcomings, at Root of State's Dysfunctions
472. School Privatization Can Offset Budget Cuts
473. Harding Discusses Cap-and-Trade
474. Skating on Potomac River Ice in the Middle of a “Snowe” Storm
475. One in 6 NHS Patients Misdiagnosed?
476. Don’t Inflict New York on the Rest of Us
477. Florida Medicaid Reform Going Strong
478. Lawmakers propose $218-per-student cut
479. This Is Not Astroturf?
480. Are We Being Too Tough on Hollywood?
481. A Rebuttal to MEDC Letter in The Wall Street Journal
482. Political Anatomy 101
483. State Tested, State Approved
484. As The Water Rises ... (25 tax hikes in one day!)
485. Center Cited on Transparency
486. A Cheer for Charity
487. ‘When we’re done with you, you will have options’
488. Adrian participates in pinwheel project
489. News Release: Three Michigan Public School Districts, Two Charter Schools and the City of Portage Open Checkbooks for Public Inspection
490. Michigan Median Household Income Falls
491. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST
492. Where Insurance Costs Go Down, Not Up
493. 564 Amendments
494. Personal Insurance Mandate Is Unconstitutional
495. Jackson gives edge to local contractors
496. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 22, 2009
497. Michigan Sets Another Dubious Record
498. If You Don’t Like Insurance Companies, Why Subsidize Them?
499. Homeschoolers Against ObamaCare
500. A Law for Lilly — or Is It Eli Lilly?
501. Three charged with election crime
502. State Supreme Court won’t take case
503. Washington Supreme Court Throws out Med Mal Reform
504. The Uninsured in Georgia
505. Gibraltar contract boosts drug co-pay
506. Mackinac Center Launches Legal Foundation; Sues DHS
507. Back to Baucus: Marginally Less Awful
508. How Much Will Free Health Care Cost Louisiana?
509. Caucus to focus on funding equity
510. Journalism or Propaganda?
511. Unemployment Rate Increases
512. Litigation Backgrounder: Loar v. DHS
513. Senate Finance Bill: Only Slightly Less Deadly
514. SEIU Requests Contact Info for Kansas HCBS Providers
515. Florida Reform Hasn’t Done Much
516. I’ll Be Watching You
517. Will Doctors Be Forced Into Union Membership?
518. Cold, Cruel Insurance Companies
519. Government Already Practices Rationing — and Will Do More
520. Have LASIK, Will Travel
521. Who’s Uninsured and Why?
522. District sues over tax ruling
523. News Release: Mackinac Center Launches Public-Interest Law Firm
524. The Future of Health Care in America: A Roundtable Discussion
525. If You Can't Tax Coal, Kill It With Regulation
526. Opening a New Front in the Battle for Freedom
527. Minnesota Governor Makes Health Reform Charge
528. A Little Media Bias on Health Reform for You?
529. Kennedy School Cites Massachusetts Reform as a Model
530. Looking for reform? Don’t look to BCBS-Michigan
531. New Info on the Cost of Obamacare
532. Who cares about your health care?
533. White House: Public Option Will Cause Private Market to Shrink
534. Alternative Ways of Paying for Health Care
535. Lotto would cover college costs
536. Brighton teachers to pay more for insurance
537. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 15, 2009
538. Recent Health Care Facts and Fallacies
539. Rhode Island Medicaid Reform Could Be Costly
540. Fact-Checking the President’s Speech
541. Appealing to the Insured
542. Let’s Be Honest and Call It Welfare, Not Insurance Reform
543. Minnesota Web Site Allows Price Shopping for Health Services
544. Are Public Universities a Good Analogy for the Public Option?
545. Unintended Consequences: How a Popular Reform Would Lead to Unpopular Results
546. Losing Choice in More Than Just Health Care
547. The Cost of National Health Reform to Florida
548. Mental Gymnastics and the President’s Speech
549. Oakland: Property decline means cuts
550. Bad Public Policy Built on Bad Data
551. Oklahoma Reviews Cost of Insurance Mandates
552. Shikha Dalmia's Take on Health Care Speech
553. What's in the Bill?
554. Republican Leader: Not Just “No.” We’ve got alternatives, says Pence
555. Baldwin ready with scholarship money
556. Green Jobs Fad Means More Government Intervention
557. Governor's Proposal: Equivalent of 58 Percent Surcharge
558. More Mandates in Michigan
559. Irony
560. Swine Flu Frenzy
561. Employer Mandates Kill Jobs, Reduce Incomes, Decrease Private Coverage
562. When Spending Other People’s Money, Waste Is Inevitable
563. US Does Not Lead World in Rising Health Care Costs
564. Lives shattered by government health insurance
565. Pay More, Get Less! What a Bargain!
566. Responses to the 27th Health Care Speech by Obama
567. Analysis: Health pool could save millions
568. Paul Kersey Discusses PERA
569. President Obama’s Big Proposal
570. Live-Blogging the Health Care Speech
571. When State Government Fails
572. The Two-Handed Menace to Private Health Care
573. Alabama Traps More Children In Government Care
574. Building-for-tuition swap in Hancock
575. MEDC President: LaFaive Is Right
576. Is There a Doctor in the County?
577. Health Policy Alternatives in North Dakota
578. Subway at a School Near You
579. Price Controls, One Provider at a Time
580. Bus drivers stay on in Adrian
581. News Release: Public School Support Service Privatization Increases 5.4 Percent in Michigan
582. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 8, 2009
583. Poverty is 2009 national debate topic
584. Take a Closer Look at Issues With Canadian Health Care
585. Advice From the Nanny State (Viewpoint)
586. MEDC Should Become Transparent — or Disappear
587. School Privatization Survey Shows Gains in Support Service Contracting
588. Christian school closes in Burton
589. Home-schoolers do well on standard tests
590. Smoking Bans Violate Property Rights
591. Tea and Astroturf
592. State or federal, protectionism hurts
593. Michigan Legislator Invokes the Tenth
594. Georgia Legislators Say “No Thanks!”
595. Reverse the Status Quo to Liberate Health Care
596. Massachusetts Reform Results: Delays, Costs Explode
597. Doctors fed up with government, insurance companies
598. Fabricating the Facts: The MEA’s New Health Insurance Study
599. More schools make AYP
600. Fabricating the Facts: The MEA’s New Health Insurance Study
601. Health Care Straw-Men
602. Government health care + U.S. tort system = tax-funded lottery
603. Building on Today’s Insurance Environment
604. Obama’s Health Care Reform Plan to Be Revealed
605. Michigan Government Employees Face Few Visible Health Care Costs
606. The British “Death Panels”
607. One Million Receive “Cruel and Neglectful” Care Under NHS
608. What to do about Medicare
609. News Release: Michigan's Public Employee Relations Act Undermines Democratic Principles and Adds to Cost of Government, According to New Mackinac Center Study
610. Thumb area schools dispute MESSA
611. Michigan's Public Employment Relations Act: Public-Sector Labor Law and Its Consequences
612. Push for Green Jobs Ignores Economic Realities
613. State Campgrounds Need Help From Private Sector
614. Gadhafi for Auto Czar?
615. Mackinac Center Health Care Roundtable Sept. 16
616. New "Bipartisan Tax-Hike Cover" Panel?
617. Trick, or Treat
618. Budget deal includes more Mackinac Center ideas
619. Retail Clinics Score High on Quality Metrics
620. Four-Party Talks and Health Care
621. Health Care Reform Is a Tax Increase
622. The Moral Imperative of Getting Health Reform Right
623. Does the “right” want to throw Cheetos-scarfers under the bus?
624. West Virginia Governor Gets It — Partly
625. If Government’s Involved, It’s Not Free Market
626. Saginaw debates use of MME scores
627. The West Bank of the Detroit River
628. Medicaid May Drive Sales Tax Hike in Arizona
629. Political Combat and Language
630. Sally Pipes on the Realities of Canadian Health Care
631. Health Care Policy, the Video
632. How About More Non-Government Options?
633. Shifting Public Opinion on Obamacare
634. Dillon State Health Plan Details Released
635. District wants health care cap; teachers picket
636. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST September 1, 2009
637. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation: A Review and Analysis
638. Young Voices for Freedom
639. Longer School Year Won’t Improve Student Achievement
640. High-Speed Rail Will Take Michigan Nowhere Fast
641. End-of-Life Choices and Government
642. Open Wallet, Get Less: Some lessons from a universal vaccination program
643. A Distinction Without a Difference
644. State health plan details released
645. MEDC Ineffective, Nontransparent and Should Be Eliminated, According to New Mackinac Center Study
646. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation: A Review and Analysis
647. ‘Neighborhood schools’ bills move
648. Union head alleges retribution
649. Paternalism in Action
650. The U.S. Pays More, and Gets More, for Health Care
651. Hospital Bed Shortages Lead to 4,000 Births Outside Maternity Wards in UK
652. Flagging Down a Lawsuit
653. Iowa Gubernatorial Candidate Touts Health Care Cures
654. Minnesota Insurers Roll out Price-Shopping Site
655. Prescription Drugs — Denied!
656. Schools venture into alternative energy
657. Seeing the potential in deaf education
658. Prescription for Reform Should Include End to Third-party Payer System
659. Lower Spending on Health Care Comes at a Price
660. Why Doesn’t the President Start His Own Insurance Company?
661. Private Enterprise v. Free Enterprise
662. When Hospitals Kill Patients
663. To Expand Access, Make Health Care a Market Good, Not a Right
664. More Subsidies, Less Privacy
665. Public vs. Private Is the Wrong Focus in Reform Debate
666. The Ethical Problems of Government-Ruled Health Care
667. Delaware Drug Dispute Settled
668. Parlez-vous Francais?
669. Want Some Competition? Open Up the State Lines
670. DPS to ask voters for $500 million bond
671. A Recipe for Failing Schools
672. Health Reform Bills Would Put an End to Choice
673. Stupid Is As Stupid Does
674. Fat Old Lawyers
675. But Is It Constitutional?
676. Personal Choices Affect Health Care Stats
677. Medicare for All as the Golden Calf: Catholic priest on the idolatry of the religious left
678. The Ad ABC Doesn’t Want You to See
679. Georgia Shows the Way
680. Consultant: 200 schools in red by 2011
681. How Much Will This Cost?
682. Texas Gave Tort Reform a Chance
683. Beware of Official Cost Estimates of New Health Plans
684. Empower People, Not Insurance Companies
685. Ending the Oligopoly
686. Christian, public schools share teachers
687. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 25, 2009
688. News Release: Carman-Ainsworth, Lakeview, Birch Run School Districts Post Checkbooks Online
689. July/August 2009 Michigan Capitol Confidential Articles
690. Michigan knows the costs of government health care
691. Help You Live, No; Help You Die, Yes
692. Rising Insurance Premiums No Surprise
693. Insurer Plays “Mother, May I?”
694. Massachusetts + Personal Mandate = Highest Premiums in U.S.
695. You’ve Got Questions, They’ve Got Answers
696. Keeping Your Insurance When You Can’t Keep Your Job
697. Howell: MEA skewed truth on privatization
698. Bank says no on school loan
699. Manistique bids to be ‘demonstration district’
700. ObamaCare is just the latest “Great New System”
701. Enshrining Health Freedom in the Constitution
702. Learning From the States at North Dakota Policy Forum
703. Where Do Your United Way Dollars Go?
704. Road commission hires students
705. The Legacy of Rose Friedman: Champion of Liberty
706. A sign of the state of waiting lists in Canada
707. Brian Dickerson: “Why do I have to pay for Cheetoh-scarfers?”
708. This Is About My Children
709. Minnesota Legislator: Our Medicare Problem Requires Upending YOUR Private Insurance
710. New York: Don’t Dump Medicaid Expansion on Us
711. Nebraska VA Hospital Needs Major Repairs
712. Algebra II bills move
713. Ballot Proposals Cast a Pall on Michigan
714. Learning from TennCare
715. Tennessee Gov. Says “Don’t Cost Shift to Me”
716. Pharma Can Live Under Price Controls; Medical Innovation Won’t
717. GR teachers sign contract
718. Splitting the health insurance bill
719. Canadian doctors’ top priority: overhauling their health-care system
720. North Dakota to Offer “Create a Mandate” Simulation
721. Bye-Bye “Public Option,” but So What?
722. Postitive Steps to Health Reform
723. The end of the "public option"?
724. Students billed for Promise costs
725. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 18, 2009
726. News Release: Mackinac Center Economist: Film Incentive Possible Job Killer
727. Who’s to Blame in Smoking Argument?
728. Apparently Not Aware of Medicaid, Medicare’s Problems
729. Will health care reform increase choice for Michiganders?
730. Retail Clinics Continue to Expand
731. You Can’t Expand Personal Choices Through More Government
732. Preschool on again in Kalamazoo
733. News Release: Mackinac Center Posts Hundreds of New School Employee Union Contracts Online
734. Stimulus dollars fund specialist’s job
735. Bridgeport ties bonus pay to AYP
736. Longer School Year Won’t Improve Student Achievement
737. Schools anticipate funding cuts
738. Are Proposals for High-Speed Rail a Boondoggle?
739. Will health reform lower costs for Michiganders?
740. Is health care a right in America? Is it a right anywhere?
741. Rationing by Price Is Better Than Rationing by Rules
742. Preventive Medicine As a Cost-Saver Is a Myth: CBO
743. Parents sue over school closing
744. The Whole Foods approach to health care reform
745. School accreditation plan hits snag
746. Delay Your Fines for Free?
747. What’s “normal” in Canadian health care
748. Most seniors not 'college-ready'
749. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 11, 2009
750. Heat of the Battle
751. Promise Zone work begins in Lansing
752. Washtenaw to ask for two mills
753. Strike talk in Detroit
754. Schools move to November elections
755. Advice From the Nanny State
756. Audits: Millions in waste at DPS
757. Pontiac may push for stimulus flexibility
758. Are Medical Markets an Inherent Failure?
759. Facts *are* stubborn things
760. “Let’s not try to sell a government-run plan using free-market rhetoric.”
761. Leslie keeps MESSA; no raises
762. 20/20 segment on health care reform
763. With government health care, sometimes you can’t go home again
764. Detroit’s Schools Are Going Bankrupt, Too
765. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST August 4, 2009
766. On Balance, School Health Insurance Proposal an Improvement
767. Michigan charter school law
768. Jackson Learning Lab: The Hope of Success for All Learners
769. States Rebelling Against Nationalized Health Care
770. So much for “You will be able to keep your plan. Period.”
771. If you’re going to suffer, please do so quietly
772. Massachusetts Should Not Be Michigan’s Role Model
773. The EFCA Rodeo
774. Longer School Year Won’t Improve Student Achievement
775. Diminishing Private Sector Keeps Supporting Bloated Public Benefits
776. Teachers divided on fast track certification
777. Guerilla infiltration of Canada’s health care system: Don’t get sick on Sunday
778. Milton Friedman Legacy Day
779. On future insurability
780. Addison to apply for construction loan
781. Ball of Confusion
782. Great video set
783. Wrestling coach files suit
784. A Legislator’s Model Apology
785. MEGA, the MEDC and the Loss of Sunshine
786. Health care costs and bankruptcy
787. Freedoms you’ll lose under the congressional reform plan
788. News Release: MEGA and MEDC Growing “Aggressively Less Transparent,” Says Center Analyst
789. More groups back statewide health plan
790. A MEGA Loss of Sunshine
791. You get what you pay for in health care
792. 83-year-old Swedish woman too old to receive treatment
793. Make-or-break millage in Saugatuck
794. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 28, 2009
795. Detroit’s Schools Are Going Bankrupt, Too
796. Teacher massage scam alleged
797. MEGA Annual Report 1998
798. On Balance, School Health Insurance Proposal an Improvement
799. Stimulus pays for lunch equipment
800. National Heritage continues expansion
801. Two Michigan legislators pledge to read health care bills before voting
802. The reality of health care cost estimates
803. With 53 percent opposed to it, why rush health care reform?
804. News Release: Norwood Township and Two More School Districts Show Michigan the Money
805. E-mail exchange part of recall controversy
806. Combining DNR and DEQ Wrong Solution
807. Report: States should rethink master’s pay
808. IMPACT Summer 2009
809. State Committee to Consider Mandatory Fire Sprinklers in New-Construction Michigan Homes
810. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 21, 2009
811. Dillon plan opens debate
812. AG: More charters legal in Detroit
813. A Fire Sprinkler Mandate in Michigan?
814. Obama pushes for fast reform
815. Policy varies on hiring family members
816. Unemployment, Migration Statistics Underscore Failure of MEDC, Says Mackinac Center Economist
817. Staggering Statistics Scream for Dramatic Policy Changes
818. Lutheran school may close
819. Cadillac cuts Great Start
820. The Nature of Teachers Unions
821. Massachusetts to cut coverage for legal immigrants
822. Health Rations and You
823. Dillon: Overhaul public sector health plan
824. Detroit City Council’s Flying Circus
825. MME scores mainly unchanged
826. Van Beek named Mackinac education policy director
827. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 14, 2009
828. DPS hires turnaround firms
829. Cap-and-Trade and Health Care
830. Materials From Grand Rapids Roundtable
831. Privatization leads to recall
832. Too Big to Succeed?
833. Lessons From Mutants
834. Stimulus spending decisions begin
835. Markets provide low-cost alternatives for uninsured
836. NICE in America?
837. Massachusetts vs. Georgia
838. Board won’t pursue tenure hearing
839. Budget questions stall negotiations
840. John Goodman on the social cost of health reform
841. Parsing the health care reform myths
842. Obama’s top five health care lies
843. Muskegon settles on health plan
844. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST July 7, 2009
845. Diminishing Private Sector Keeps Supporting Bloated Public Benefits
846. Acton reports on Health Care Roundtable
847. “Obama-Care’s” Unintended Consequences
848. News Release: Check Registers Now Online for Plymouth-Canton Schools and Six Other Districts
849. CEPI: 2008 grad rate is 75 percent
850. Detroit: The Triumph of Progressive Public Policy
851. A Perfect Storm: Batten Down the Hatches or Drown
852. Transparent Failures
853. Flawed MSU Film Subsidy Report Misleads Taxpayers
854. Stimulus pays youth for career training
855. Recall under investigation
856. The Only True Freedom Is Freedom for All
857. There ain’t no such thing as free health care
858. “Don’t mess with my right to medical choice.”
859. High costs of universal coverage
860. Lieberman doubtful about public option’s prospects
861. Ypsilanti adopts deficit budget
862. Open Secrets: Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act
863. When We Should Break a Promise
864. Algonac considers outsourcing
865. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 30, 2009
866. Taxing health benefits isn’t a bad thing — if it’s done right
867. Bankruptcy next for DPS?
868. Open Secrets: Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act
869. Health Savings Accounts Can Save Michigan Money
870. Health Care Horror Story: Premature baby must cross border for care
871. More health care cuts
872. One way to get health insurance
873. On Michigan’s proposed health reforms
874. GR revamps alternative programs
875. Is Buying a Chrysler or GM Vehicle Unpatriotic?
876. The costs of mandatory insurance
877. ACLU: School discipline is uneven
878. Pay hike, premium contribution in TBAISD
879. More reform myth-busting
880. Health care reform: fully paid for?
881. Union: ‘Ghosts’ probably not teachers
882. Great Lakes Water Levels Are Up: Must be Global Cooling
883. Budget concerns and care rationing
884. Do we need public insurance?
885. Romeo budget hinges on concessions
886. The Future of Health Care in America: A Roundtable Discussion
887. Right-to-Work States Outpacing Michigan
888. What does $1 trillion get you?
889. Niles home-schoolers create museum display
890. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 23, 2009
891. Government health care unconstitutional?
892. School leaders float ideas on saving money
893. News Release: Mackinac Center Unveils "Right-to-Work Dashboard"
894. Economic Freedom and Human Prosperity
895. (Un)covering the News
896. Open Secrets
897. Health care horror story: Lindsay McCreith
898. News Release: The Mackinac Center and Novi Schools Inspire City of Novi to Take Lead on Local Government Transparency
899. Applying economics to ed research
900. DPS, Doug Ross talk partnership
901. An ounce of prevention?
902. Will your insurance be safe?
903. Vested interests
904. Michigan may get its own state-funded insurance
905. BCBS seeking a rate hike
906. Whiteford expands food privatization
907. Like it or not, Obama’s plan is socialized medicine
908. Stiffer penalties for striking teachers
909. May/June 2009 Michigan Capitol Confidential Articles
910. TEA Party Activists Can Keep Their Momentum
911. MEA wants ISD to turn over fund equity
912. The Refuge: Summer 2009
913. Proposal would end Promise
914. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 16, 2009
915. Bargaining details posted; union angry
916. A First Step
917. Fewer teachers retiring
918. Parents, teachers could run schools
919. Privatization key to Lakeview budget
920. Legislative Alert
921. Special Effects: Flawed Report on Film Incentive Provides Distorted Lens
922. Longer school year on the table
923. Chrysler’s Bailout Will Backfire
924. State proposes new school rating system
925. Lawrence W. Reed Speaks About Grover Cleveland
926. State board considers fundraising
927. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 9, 2009
928. MichiganScience No. 10
929. Study: College grad rates average 53 percent
930. Mackinac Center Study Defends Eight Budget Reforms Proposed by Gov. Granholm
931. When the Union is Your Employer
932. Eight Is a Start: Where Gov. Granholm's Budget Recommendations and the Mackinac Center's Agree
933. Insurance hikes vary in Pinckney
934. News Release: Mackinac Center Study Defends Eight Budget Reforms Proposed by Gov. Granholm
935. How to Save $2.2 Billion
936. GM Bankruptcy’s Impact on Michigan
937. The Eternal Struggle
938. TVs a reward for top ACT scores
939. The Issues Michigan Must Address
940. DPS considering privatization
941. Regulatory Revolution Needed in Michigan
942. Teachers caught in tenure mix-up
943. The Impact of Government on the Auto Bankruptcies
944. News Release: Michigan Goes Full Decade Without GDP Growth
945. Attorney: Home-schoolers must defend parental rights
946. Transparent Failures
947. Hospital-turned-school to open in 2010
948. Teachers authorize 'further action'
949. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST June 2, 2009
950. News Release: Elite School Districts Join Growing Transparency Trend
951. Math, science center needs more room
952. Judge: Official can’t keep both posts
953. Arizona expands tuition tax credits
954. Proposal would shorten path to teacher certification, for some
955. Three Cheers for Transparency
956. School Union Denounces "Dangerous Trend" Toward Private Food, Busing and Janitors
957. Trustee says she didn’t intend to resign
958. Michigan Legislators Must Solve Their Overspending Crisis with Budget Cuts
959. DFT chief: Teachers must be open to change
960. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 26, 2009
961. Pontiac school plan ends up in court
962. When meeting time is also mealtime
963. Stimulus money causes spending arguments
964. Tea Party Toolbox
965. Another U Prep charter to open
966. In the red, Pontiac hires D.C. law firm
967. Michigan Exports Are the Bright Spot in the Dark Economy
968. Schools grapple with spending
969. For Immediate Release: May 20, 2009
970. The Impact on Government of the Auto Crisis in Michigan
971. Busing goes private in Benton Harbor
972. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 19, 2009
973. Students protest principal’s departure
974. Tax incentives under question
975. David Littmann Discusses Michigan’s Economy
976. Eating veggies in Taylor
977. Teacher PAC case at Supreme Court
978. Economic Freedom Matters
979. How to Save $2.2 Billion
980. Duncan: Bing should take over
981. Mackinac Center Releases Labor Law Guide for Charter Schools
982. Senate Bill Would Rein In State Regulatory Agencies’ Powers, Says Center Analyst
983. Leveling the Playing Field
984. Monroe pays less for health insurance
985. Be Careful What You Ask For
986. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 12, 2009
987. Henry Ford Institute to open Texas campus
988. Littmann: 'Unemployment in Michigan will be approaching somewhere between 17 and 20 percent by the end of this year'
989. The Economic Impact of the Auto Crisis on Michigan
990. Superintendent: MESSA too expensive for us
991. Compromise on D.C. vouchers
992. Voters say no in Saugatuck
993. Union candidates win in Wayne-Westland
994. “Horrible” $304 Million Budget Cut is 1.05 Percent of State Revenue
995. Parents wait for charter openings
996. Six strategies key to school reform
997. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST May 5, 2009
998. School Districts Statewide Embrace Transparency; Roadblocks Remain in West Michigan
999. Michigan Privatization Digest - May 4, 2009
1000. Swine flu closes schools
1001. Don’t “Fix” Budget With Graduated State Income Tax
1002. Gov. Granholm Offers Seven Proposals That Refocus “Essential Purposes of Government”
1003. Governor Makes Right Call on Returning Wetland Permitting to Feds
1004. DPS: Merit pay and strike talk
1005. Charter buys church property
1006. News Release: State Attorney General Agrees That Michigan Film Office Violated State Law by Failing to Disclose Required Film Spending Information
1007. Schools shouldn’t use race, poverty as excuse
1008. Mackinac Center Analysts Express Concern Over Announcement of Chrysler’s 'Surgical Bankruptcy'
1009. Special Effects: Flawed Report on Film Incentive Provides Distorted Lens (State Senate Testimony)
1010. Mackinac Center Analysts to Testify at State Senate Hearing Today on Michigan Film Incentive
1011. DPS principals under review
1012. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 28, 2009
1013. St. Clair RESA to open virtual high school
1014. There’s More to Michigan Than the Auto Industry
1015. Teachers pay more to keep MESSA
1016. Survey: Teacher satisfaction up
1017. Districts (quietly) consider consolidation
1018. Anonymous donor gives MSU $10 million
1019. Those Who Cherish Liberty Must Fight the Government Bubble
1020. Stephenson Schools Show Michigan the Money
1021. Troy goes private, Rochester does not
1022. Harding and Braun on "Spotlight On The News"
1023. Merger talks end in Arenac County
1024. GR: 'H' plan didn't turn around grades
1025. School Service Privatization: Survey 2008 Map
1026. Green Jobs: Field of Delusions
1027. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 21, 2009
1028. Legislative Alert
1029. Michigan Unemployment Since the 2007 Tax Increase
1030. Tea Parties and Policy Revolutions
1031. Paynestaking Aim at the Political Class
1032. Few home-schoolers at MSU
1033. Retirement fund losses will cost schools, but how much?
1034. Capac talks continue
1035. High school has reopener clause
1036. Layoffs in Southfield
1037. Walk This Way
1038. Groups disagree on charter performance
1039. Clerical workers leave MEA
1040. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 14, 2009
1041. The Scene and the Unseen: Act IV
1042. The Government Bubble
1043. IMPACT Spring 2009
1044. School officials travel at taxpayer expense
1045. Layoffs, closings and philanthropy at DPS
1046. T.S. Eliot, Russell Kirk and the Moral Imagination
1047. Troy considers private busing
1048. School reform bills introduced
1049. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST April 7, 2009
1050. Campus “Business Ethics” and “Sustainability Scolds” Hide Real Agenda: Politics
1051. GM Bankruptcy: End of the Road or New Super Highway?
1052. Tax Day Highlights Burden of State Government
1053. State Parks Must Change or They Will Die
1054. Schools claim robotics title
1055. March/April 2009 Michigan Capitol Confidential Articles
1056. Mackinac Minutes: Spring 2009
1057. Attempts at Government Efficiency Are Misguided
1058. Schools-of-choice racism alleged, denied
1059. Stimulus funding released
1060. Math scores up, others show minor change
1061. Breaking Bad Breaking the Bank
1062. Slight increase in tuition tax credit programs
1063. Michigan Senate “Class Warfare” Exposes Ignorance of Small Business Realities
1064. Report: Removing bank subsidies would up Pell Grants
1065. Mackinac Center President Emeritus Lawrence W. Reed Will Discuss “Lessons from the Great Depression” at CMU
1066. MichiganScience
1067. MEAP writing test written off
1068. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 31, 2009
1069. GM Bankruptcy: End of the Road or New Super Highway?
1070. Future teachers eye education reform
1071. "Beyond the Bars": A Video Summary of a Mackinac Center Forum
1072. President’s Merit Pay Idea Merits Attention
1073. MEA pension plan set aside
1074. DFT: Change attitude on charters?
1075. Ask the Economist: Resorts, Visas and Deadweight Loss
1076. House Effort to Reverse Coal Plant Moratorium Is Principled and Necessary for State’s Energy Demands, According to Mackinac Center Analyst
1077. Judge agrees with Vestaburg on bond issue
1078. Keep Democracy, Prevent Fraud Through Worker Elections
1079. Privatization debate in Adrian
1080. Issues and Ideas Forum, March 25, 2009
1081. School pension invested in AIG
1082. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 24, 2009
1083. Grand Blanc reopens contract
1084. Michigan’s Many Tax Ranks
1085. Board weighs retirement plan
1086. Muskegon to give away buildings
1087. Charter report: Grad rates up, tests neutral
1088. Cheap Housing Could Be Michigan Art’s Best Friend
1089. News Release: David Littmann to Speak About State and National Economies at MSU
1090. News Release: Film Office Report Violates Michigan Law and the Spirit of Sunshine Week
1091. Private tuition grant needed, backers say
1092. The Scene and the Unseen: Act III
1093. News Release: House Minority Leader Sets the Transparency Standard
1094. The shell game of ‘making AYP’
1095. No contract yet in Grand Rapids
1096. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 17, 2009
1097. Legislative Alert
1098. All-day kindergarten in Battle Creek Lakeview
1099. School Pension Boost Proposal Exposes Political System’s Dysfunctions
1100. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
1101. School Pension Boost Proposal Exposes Political System’s Dysfunctions
1102. Gladstone recall halted
1103. MEA not ‘universally’ opposed to merit pay
1104. Students expelled in teacher/drug case
1105. MichiganScience No. 9
1106. Must schools use money to keep teachers?
1107. Five Principles That Are Violated by the Bailouts
1108. News Release: Sunshine Week an Ideal Time to Make Public Payrolls Public
1109. MEGA Competition: Brewer’s Tax Credit Distorts Competition
1110. Pontiac to lay off 700-plus
1111. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 10, 2009
1112. More med schools, no more doctors
1113. Protecting Employees and Taxpayers From Unions
1114. News Release: Romeo Community Schools and Chippewa Valley School District Post Check Registers Online
1115. Retirement costs headed up
1116. They Won’t Tell You Who is Getting YOUR Money
1117. Digging Ourselves a Deeper Hole
1118. Dragging ‘Em Down to Our Level
1119. The State of the State You Should Have Heard
1120. Home-schoolers adjust to recession
1121. Charter school needs more room
1122. Rolling the Dice: How Workers Can Arrange a Secret-Ballot Vote Under EFCA
1123. The Mackinac Center's 20th Anniversary Gala
1124. East Lansing Business Owner Speaks Out Against Property Rights Abuse
1125. Superintendent: Deficit spending must stop
1126. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST March 3, 2009
1127. Michigan Privatization Digest - March 3, 2009
1128. Jail-based academy offers GED
1129. News Release: State Government Paid $17.6 Million to Unions in 2008, According to Documents Secured by FOIA Request
1130. Stories My Legislator Told Me
1131. Assessment plan gets mixed reviews
1132. Teachers get raise, pay more for insurance
1133. Farmers want school customers
1134. A Trillion Wrongs Don’t Make a Right
1135. KCC calls meeting on charter
1136. Bond-for-sinking fund swap proposed
1137. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 24, 2009
1138. GR union slams school board on audiotape
1139. Charter report favorable, state board wants more
1140. January/February 2009 Michigan Capitol Confidential articles
1141. District weighs alternatives to alternative ed
1142. Bill would open state health plan to schools
1143. The Refuge: Spring 2009
1144. Coal Plant Moratorium Another Economic Blow
1145. More school choice in Utica
1146. Senate Bills Would Bring More Transparency to MEDC
1147. Lansing sees promise in Promise
1148. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 17, 2009
1149. Merit pay takes center stage
1150. Huron Valley taking bids
1151. Catholic school will market itself
1152. Property Takings: Susette Kelo and Beyond
1153. Muskegon debates athlete GPA
1154. Grapes of Wrath (Short Version)
1155. MichiganScience No. 8
1156. News Release: New Legislators Show Up Veterans by Providing Office Spending Transparency
1157. DPS predicts payroll shortage
1158. New Legislators Embarrass the Veterans
1159. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 10, 2009
1160. ISDs plan cuts, share superintendent
1161. The importance of a sound economic education
1162. An economic stimulus for the mind
1163. New Che Guevara Biography Is Short on Fact, Long on Fiction
1164. Where Is the Brownfield? (Viewpoint on Public Issues)
1165. Good News About the Bad Economy
1166. MichiGONE: New Migration Data Dark and Portentous
1167. New Jackson charter proposed
1168. Where’s the Brownfield? (General Article)
1169. Saginaw fund balance disappears
1170. Detroit charter ‘adopts’ KU
1171. The UAW Can Help the Detroit Three Save Money and Face
1172. Vouchers proposed in Georgia
1173. Wayne-Westland settles on raises, health concessions
1174. News Release: Gov. Granholm Proposes Nine Expansions and Six Limitations of Government in 2009 Delivered State of the State Address, According to Center Analyst
1175. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST February 3, 2009
1176. State of Crisis
1177. Mackinac Center Tally of Proposed Government Expansions and Limitations in State of the State Address Available Tuesday Night
1178. Pension plan too costly, administrators say
1179. Schools line up for ‘small high school’ funding
1180. Michael D. LaFaive's "2009 State of the State Address": A Video Summary
1181. Mom pledges $500,000 to private school
1182. The Scene and the Unseen: Act II
1183. Academy closes, students moved to night school
1184. Au Gres, Arenac consider consolidation
1185. The Terminator Aims to Destroy Detroit Autos
1186. Health plan savings at $550,000
1187. Michigan’s Economic Dreams Subsi-Dying on the Vine
1188. Retire now for better pension?
1189. Legislative Alert
1190. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 27, 2009
1191. Bobb named DPS money manager
1192. News Release: Unemployment Rates Lower in Right-to-Work State
1193. Schools Should Stick to Basics and Resist Green Fad
1194. Mackinac Center’s Solution to Poverty: Prosperity
1195. Ingham ISD proposes cuts
1196. What Michigan Needs
1197. English as a second language
1198. Teacher resigns in Facebook flap
1199. Jackson opens online courses to home-schoolers
1200. News Release: Property Rights Champion Susette Kelo and Author Jeff Benedict to Discuss New Book at Issues & Ideas Forum
1201. Health insurance divides Caseville
1202. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 20, 2009
1203. The "Beyond the Bailout" Auto Forum: A Video Summary
1204. Customers ask for details on potential Blue Cross hike
1205. "Comcast Newsmakers" Interview With Jack McHugh
1206. Board implements health plan; union may sue
1207. Goofing Off at Ford — A National Emergency?
1208. Detroit Private Initiative
1209. Michigan School Privatization Survey 2008
1210. Promise Zone bills signed
1211. Superintendent gets $100,000-plus separation deal
1212. Mackinac Center Scholars Provide Policymakers and Voters With 101 Recommendations to Revitalize Michigan
1213. The Mackinac Center's “Beyond the Bailout” Auto Forum
1214. Board votes for higher-priced union labor
1215. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 13, 2009
1216. Live Simulcast of "Beyond the Bailout" Forum
1217. Parents question Chippewa Valley spending
1218. Government Stimulus Packages Harmful in the Long Run
1219. News Release: “Beyond the Bailout”
1220. Court backs union, privatization ‘chill’ debated
1221. Teacher/coach jailed on sex charge
1222. News Release: School Privatization Should not be Hampered by Today’s Federal Court Ruling on Grand Rapids Case
1223. Private school to focus on teen dropouts
1224. News Release: State Government Equivocates on Cost of Michigan Film Incentive Program to State Taxpayers
1225. Waiting to Exhale: Regulating CO2 a Good Way to Move Economy into Depression
1226. The Scene and the Unseen: Act I
1227. Michigan gets C+ in national report
1228. Where There’s Smoke, There’s Smuggling
1229. Survey: Do voters want a new high school?
1230. Michigan Privatization Digest - January 6, 2009
1231. MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST January 6, 2009
1232. What Is a Free Economy?
1233. Budget crunch hits metro schools
1234. News Release: Transparency Project Director Asks Macomb County School Districts to Publish their Checkbook Registers
1235. Student Uprising
1236. Cigarette Smuggling Rampant in Michigan
1237. Collecting the Rent
1238. Tough Choices Ahead for Workers
1239. Online classes get a boost in some districts
1240. Eimi Mine